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Table of Contents Preface .............................................................................................................................................. ix 1 Audience ................................................................................................................................ ix 2 Related Documents ................................................................................................................ ix 3 Command Syntax .................................................................................................................... x 4 Conventions ............................................................................................................................ x 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Installing and Upgrading Oracle VM ................................................................................................. 3 3 What's New in Oracle VM? ............................................................................................................. 5 3.1 What's New in Oracle VM Release 3.4.1? ............................................................................. 5 3.2 What's New in Oracle VM Release 3.3.4? ........................................................................... 11 3.3 What's New in Oracle VM Release 3.3.3? ........................................................................... 13 3.4 What's New in Oracle VM Release 3.3.2? ........................................................................... 15 3.5 What's New in Oracle VM Release 3.3.1? ........................................................................... 18 3.6 What's New in Oracle VM Release 3.2.1? ........................................................................... 22 3.7 What's New in Oracle VM Release 3.1.1? ........................................................................... 24 3.8 What's New in Oracle VM Release 3.0.3? ........................................................................... 25 3.9 What's New in Oracle VM Release 3.0.2? ........................................................................... 26 4 Notable Bug Fixes ......................................................................................................................... 29 4.1 Bug Fixes in Oracle VM 3.4.1 ............................................................................................. 29 4.2 Bug Fixes in Oracle VM 3.3.4 ............................................................................................. 29 4.3 Bug Fixes in Oracle VM 3.3.3 ............................................................................................. 30 4.4 Bug Fixes in Oracle VM 3.3.2 ............................................................................................. 32 4.5 Bug Fixes in Oracle VM 3.3.1 ............................................................................................. 33 4.6 Bug Fixes in Oracle VM 3.2.1 ............................................................................................. 36 4.7 Bug Fixes in Oracle VM 3.1.1 ............................................................................................. 37 4.8 Bug Fixes in Oracle VM 3.0.3 ............................................................................................. 37 5 Supported Guest Operating Systems ............................................................................................. 39 5.1 Oracle VM Server for x86 Supported Guest Operating Systems ............................................ 39 5.2 Oracle VM Server for SPARC Supported Guest Operating Systems ...................................... 42 6 Configuration Limits for Release 3.4 ............................................................................................... 43 7 Known Limitations and Workarounds .............................................................................................. 49 7.1 Integration Between Oracle VM Server for SPARC and Oracle VM Manager .......................... 52 7.2 Cannot Connect to the Oracle VM Manager Web Interface with Microsoft Internet Explorer ...... 53 7.3 The Virtual Machine Console Window in the Oracle VM Manager Web Interface Opens in the Background when using Microsoft Internet Explorer ............................................................. 53 7.4 Inconsistent Value for SPARC Domain Type ........................................................................ 54 7.5 Integer Only Values for the statValue Option ....................................................................... 54 7.6 Aborting a Server Discovery Operation Results in Server Listed with an Unknown Operational State ..................................................................................................................... 54 7.7 Automatic Discovery Operations can Conflict with Server Configuration Operations ................ 55 7.8 Solaris 11 x86 Virtual Machine Disk Type Can Cause Kernel Panic on Boot ........................... 55 7.9 Solaris 10 x86 Virtual Machine Installation Fails To Boot ...................................................... 55 7.10 Oracle Linux 7 Virtual Machines Imported from a VirtualBox Virtual Appliance Do Not Start on Oracle VM ........................................................................................................................... 56 7.11 (x86 Only) IOStat Stays at 100% Util for Oracle Linux Virtual Machines After a Storage Migration .................................................................................................................................